Browsing by Author "Ustipak, Kelsi R"

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    1980 to 2012 Dye Tracing in the South Branch Whitewater River Valley, Elba/Altura, Minnesota Area
    (2016) Ustipak, Kelsi R; Green, Jeffrey A; Wheeler, Betty J; Alexander Jr., E. Calvin
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    Dye Trace Report on Campbell Valley Creek Houston and Winona Counties, Minnesota 2012-2013
    (2016-12-13) Barry, John D; Green, Jeffrey A; Ustipak, Kelsi R; Wheeler, Betty J; Alexander Jr., E. Calvin
    The karst lands of southeast Minnesota contain more than one hundred trout streams that receive perennial discharge from Paleozoic bedrock springs. Several of the Paleozoic bedrock units that provide discharge are karst aquifers. Field investigations into the flow characteristics of these formations have been conducted using fluorescent dyes to map groundwater springsheds and characterize groundwater flow velocities for use in water resource protection. Campbell Valley Creek is one of these designated trout streams. The creek is located roughly 64 kilometers (40 mi.) southeast of Rochester, Minnesota in southern Winona and northern Houston counties (Figure 1). Two dye traces were conducted to add to delineated springsheds of the region as part of the Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) Springshed Mapping project.
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    Gilbert Creek Dye Trace Report Wabasha County, Minnesota
    (2017-03) Green, Jeffrey A; Ustipak, Kelsi R; Wheeler, Betty J; Alexander Jr., E. Calvin
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    Integration of Water Tracing and Structural Geology for the Delineation of Springsheds
    (2012) Ustipak, Kelsi R; Green, Jeffrey A; Alexander Jr., E. Calvin
    Fountain, Fillmore Co., Minnesota, a small town self-identifed as “The Sinkhole Capitol of the U.S.A.,” is located on a large sinkhole plain in the Upper Ordovician Galena Group. Recent mapping of the structural setting in the Fountain area provides new constraints for the interpretations of flow paths in springsheds defined by three decades of dye traces (Runkel, 2012, private communication). The strata of the Galena Group are deformed into a low-angle, assymetric syncline that is plunging northwest. The Fountain East dye traces, initiated in May 2012, were designed to further refine springshed boundaries on the northern edge of the sinkhole plain and to delineate source areas for cold-water springs that feed Minnesota designated trout streams in the area, particularly Rice Creek. Two major springsheds were previously mapped in the Fountain East area: the Fountain Springshed, which drains northwest and forms the headwaters for Rice Creek; and the Mahoney Springshed that drains southeast to form the headwaters for Mahoney Creek. The newest tracing efforts begin to document a new springshed to the northeast of Fountain feeding Klomp’s Spring and ultimately Rice Creek. The integration of dye trace data, structural contours, and ArcGIS imagery contextualizes the regional subsurface flow and further provides evidence for the delineation of the Fountain, Mahoney and Klomp Springsheds. Knowledge of the structural setting of the Fountain East trace area is a significant step in answering broader questions regarding the hydrogeologic behavior of the Galena Group karst system and its role in the productivity of designated trout streams.
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    Shady Creek 13 Nov 2012 Dye Trace Report Fillmore County, Minnesota
    (2017-04-20) Ustipak, Kelsi R; Green, Jeffrey A; Wheeler, Betty J; Alexander Jr., E. Calvin
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    South Branch Whitewater River Valley Dye Trace Report Elba/Altura, Winona County, Minnesota
    (2017-06-30) Ustipak, Kelsi R; Green, Jeffrey A; Wheeler, Betty J; Alexander Jr., E. Calvin; Rutelonis, J. Wes